Historical Markers and Mobile App

The Historical Marker Database is a powerful research tool for history buffs and researchers. As you drive around Hunterdon County’s winding roads you see dozens of these permanent markers. But how do you find the ones you’re interested in? Well, through the work of many volunteers, the information you need is now online. We’re making it easy for you to find the Hunterdon County information in this vast collection of data.

Hunterdon Historical Marker Interactive Map

Open a Google Map with all 255+ Hunterdon County Historical Markers by clicking here.

Mobile App for Android

Android users can download an app that will allow you to find the nearest histrorical market to your current location. Click here to visit the site and download the app. (Note: these links leads to sites not under our control and are provided for your convenience only)

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The Hunterdon County Historical Society is opening its big red barn for a special fundraising event onSaturday, October 7 from 3:00-6:00 pm! Join the professional staff and trustees of the HunterdonCounty Historical Society at 67 River Road in Flemington for “An Afternoon at the Archives.”The event features wine tastings, light-fare and music followed by curator tours of the special collectionshoused in the Society’s state-of- the-art climate controlled archive building. Guests can get a glimpseinto the behind- the -scenes work of the historical Society and a look at some of the amazing collectionsgathered since the Society’s inception in 1885. On view will be paintings, textiles, rare maps, Civil Warartifacts, Native American collections, rare manuscripts and more! The Society is raising funds to helppreserve the collections for another 132 years!The event is $40 for members and $50 for non-members; rain or shine. Check or cash only the day of theevent. On-line registration is available for credit cards prior to the event @ www.hunterdonhistory.org.The first 50 registrants will receive an etched collectible wine glass and a choice of their preferred tourtime: 3:30; 4:15; 4:45; or 5:15 by calling 908-782- 1091. But visitors may show up the day of the event!Sponsors include Northfield Bank, Mendham Garden Center, Printech, Rutgers Nursery, Wine Hut andShopRite of Hunterdon. ... See MoreSee Less

The HCHS Archives team is pleased to release our latest new collection, Collection No. 191: Flemington High School Florida Reunion Group Records, 1910 – 2010. Includes school publications, news clippings, modern reproduction photographs of images from other publications, original photographs, High School Pamphlets, and other ephemera.

The Florida Reunion Group of Flemington High School (NJ) was an informal alumni group made up of graduates living in and visiting Florida. The first gathering of alumni in Florida was in 1995; the last recorded by the group in its donation of materials was 2010. The group met in different locations each year and enjoyed a social occasion that included dinner, drinks, displays of memorabilia and yearbook photographs (reproductions).

Hey, you never know what is going to turn up in the archives, do you? ... See MoreSee Less

The HCHS Archives team is pleased to announce the release of a new collection: No. 190, The Hunt/Fink Collection (ca. 1883-1965). The collection contains papers and photographs accumulated by Samuel LeRoy Hunt (1896-1966). The papers collected include news clippings, postcards and other ephemera. The photographs which comprise the major part of the collection include photos of the Hunt Family, the Henry Fink family, extended family and friends. This collection would be useful to those researching the genealogy of the Hunt and Fink families as well as those interested in life in Stanton, Readington Twp., and Sand Brook, Delaware Twp., in the late 19th and early 20th century.

What if I told you that some of the most interesting, beautiful, and detailed structural maps of all of NJ's towns in the turn of the 19th to the 20th century were produced by... a fire insurance map company?

The Sanborn Fire Insurance Map website says: “Sanborn has been creating maps since 1866—longer than any other company in the United States. We’ve been gathering information and mapping buildings for more than 140 years. Our archives contain over 1.2 million Sanborn maps containing the history of approximately 12,000 American cities and towns.” That’s a really remarkable effort, and a boon for genealogists and historians!

The Society holds original map sets for Flemington and Lambertville. Specifically, Maps 284 and 285 are Sanborn Maps of Flemington from 1902 and 1896, respectively, and Map 286 covers Lambertville in 1912. The image for this post is from the 1902 Flemington map set (Figure 1), being in the best condition of the three sets.

At a scale of 1 inch = 50 feet, these maps contain lots of detail! Whether a building was brick, frame or stone construction had significant implications for how each would react to fire, thus the interest in these maps from insurance companies. The infrastructure (hydrants, escape routes per floor, wood or metal cornices, metal window shutters, etc.) were used to determine the fire risk and spread potential for each address. These maps are of interest to the genealogist as well, considering that the owners of many structures are named, along with the use of the buildings. And, the frequency of publication of Sanborn maps allow for comparisons of the same areas between relatively close time periods.

The Hunterdon County Historical Society recently received an operating support re-grant from the Hunterdon County Cultural and Heritage Commission, with funds from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.